Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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WCMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS KAIHI- RINI1 EGGLPSTON Rom-RTS VALhD1cToR1AN HE real work 1D publlc affalrs done by women of the present day Blume. though scarcely reallzed IS be g1nn1ng to be much apprec1ated R Judgxng from cartoons and news paper artlcles one m1ght eas1ly xmagme that the present socxal and economlc actxv1ty of woman IS an IHDOVHIIOD But lookmng back about sxx thousand years who fxgured more prom1nently mn the affalrs ofthe day than Mother Eve? You dont hear half as much about Adam A true descendant of Eve was Hypatla the famous Greek phxlosopher and lecturer of the fourth century about whom gathered students from all parts of the East and whose mfluence was so great 1n mould1ng pubhc OPIDIOD that she aroused the jealousy and opposltxon of Cyr1l of Alexandr1a who at length caused her to be murdered In 1429 It was the mxlltary gemus of a mere g1rl .Ioan of Arc spurred on by an 1ntense patrlotmsm that saved France from rum Turn to England that country never had greater prosper1ty than under the re1gn of the brzl llant and capable ueen Ehzabeth a woman who re l1ed entlrely upon her own knowledge of pubhc affa1rs and condxtrons Under Marma Theresa agrlculture manufactures and commerce of Austr1a flourxshed HUAHCIHI reforms were made the natlonal revenue greatly mcreased the burdens of her subjects d1m1n1shed and by treat1es and al11ances much valuable land was added to Austr1as dom1n1ons As a po11t1cxan reformer and promotor of educatlon Catherme II of Russza was pre emment It IS still w1th1n the memory of lmvlng men how the noble work of Florence N1ght1ngale lessened the horrors of the Cr1mean war and la1d the foundatlon of that great charlty the Red Cross Assoc1at1on The C3p3b1l1t16S of the present day woman are excellently exemphfied 1n Jane Addams Aroused from a per1od of absorpt1on and theorxzlng Mlss Addams and her fr1end Mxss Starr began to search for a su1table place 1n Chlcago where they m1ght try the 5, g y , K - 1 gtfngoyiggcq . . E . . .

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14 THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES socxal settlement experxment How they found Hull House and how the work of savlng the masses grew under thelr wnllmg hands has often been told In the words of Mlss Addams themr arm was To provxde a center for a hlgher cxvxc and socxal hfe to mstltute and rnalntam educatlonal and phllanthroplc enter prlses and to mvestxgate and 1mprove the condltlons ln the mdustrmal d1str1cts of Chxcago The good she has accomphshed ln carrymg out these mtentlons and ln rousmg the mterest of other women ID s1m1lar matters has not only benefited Ch1cago but has served as an example to women throughout the land Stlrred by her enthusxsrn women began a campaugn agamst unsamtary condltxons m general A part of th1s campaxgn was to obtaln pure mllk and proper care for the children of the poor Every year over two hundred thousand babnes under one year of age d1e ln the Umted States and xt IS estlmated that over one hundred thousand of these deaths could be prevented by proper care and good pasteurxzed and modlfxed mxlk D1spensar1es were establlshed for tlus purpose The Unnted Charltxes put up hospltal tents m wh1ch to care for the allmg babxes But thls was not enough and finally nurses began gomg 1nto the homes of the poor to mstruct the mothers Chxcago saw the good done by these women and now the nurses have passed from the pay of phxlanthropxc socxetxes mto that of the Cnty Health Department Jane Addams addressed the Chlld Labor Commxttee when Senator Beverldge s b1ll to regulate chxld labor through Interstate Commerce Acts was before Congress and the passage of that b1ll was due m a great measure to her efforts In regard to M1ss Addams recent alhance wlth a pohtxcal party she says In Jommg a polxtxclal party I merely followed the varlous phxlanthroplc undertakmgs whxch th1s party s platform had declared to be matters for pohtlcal actxon The present s1tuat1on m the Juvemle Court of Chxcago IS a good lllustratlon of the result of a of Hull House were much dlstressed over the cond1 txon and treatment of boys and gxrls brought to the pohce statxons for petty offenses One woman who was especlally mterested gradually gave all her txme to helpxng these delmquent chlldren Whenever practxcable the pohce JLISIICCS of two near by statxons paroled chlldren to her care Later when the Juvemle Court was establxshed she was employed as first pro batlon officer wlth twenty one other persons asslstmg her For smx years the officers were pa1d by the vol untary assoclatlon known as the Juvemle Court Com mxttee and a detentlon home was supported through whlch passed yearly twenty slx hundred chxldren who would otherw1se have gone to the pohce statmons along wlth hardened crlmmals In connect1on w1th th1s home . . . , . 1 1 n Ll ' a 4 1 V . . . . . - . , . . 4 w 1 - . . Q a th 1 u 1 . . . Y I . . . . . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . ,, ' 1 woman's initiative. Several years ago the residents . ' . . 1 y . y 5 . n I I V - . , H ' I - ' ' 1 . Li 1 ' ' ' 11 - I Y 1